Opening up the service sector to the rest of the world

China's service trade has continued to grow over the past 10 years, with service-sector exports going from 12th in the global market in 2001 to fourth in 2010, especially in new services, thanks to China's membership in the World Trade Organization.

WTO membership has given Qingdao some new growth power

The city of Qingdao, Shandong province has made a historical leap in output and opening-up and has become an important regional center, 10 years after China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), a city official told China Daily recently.

Helping those most in need

DALIAN - It was Sun Mingnan's 27th birthday on Nov 16. The young entrepreneur in Dalian decided to do something special to celebrate that day.

Nobel prize winner predicts good future for China's science

BEIJING - College students learning science and engineering at Beihang University have the opportunity to listen to Nobel Prize winners through a program supported by Honeywell International Inc.

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Weibo proves effective at promoting charity

SHANGHAI - When Wang Xinwenchi posted a message on Weibo, a Twitter-like microblog service in China, on Sept 23 asking people to donate old clothes to poor children in Northwest China's Qinghai province, she never expected it would be forwarded more than 120,000 times.

Children told how to cope with crisis

BEIJING - Sesame Workshop, a US-based nonprofit educational organization known for its children's show Sesame Street, has begun distributing the second phase of its multimedia education materials designed to teach children how to cope with emergencies.

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Breast cancer care project gets under way

SHANGHAI / BEIJING - CCTV anchor woman Yang Lan and Shen Xiangmei, general manager of Este Lauder China, launched the 2011 Pink Ribbon Campaign last month with a glittering ceremony at Shanghai Bund Origin, an iconic building in China's most prosperous city.

Bosch drives diesel innovation

BEIJING - Over the past 20 years, the global energy crisis and environmental problems have prompted the auto industry to develop cleaner, more ecologically friendly and energy-saving products.

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Wrangle over auto warranty regulation

BEIJING - The final version of an auto warranty regulation could require that an independent third-party agency will decide disputes between consumers and car dealers.